We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

The genome of a Neanderthal named Thorin suggested he was part of an unknown lineage. He and his community stayed isolated ...

A new study supports a growing theory that the Neanderthals' downfall was not due to environmental changes or disease but their antisocial lifestyle.

The Neanderthal was found in 2015 at a cave known as "Grotte Mandrin" in southern France's Rhône Valley. The find is now being reported in the scientific literature for the first time in a study ...

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Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones, scientists have found a new Neanderthal lineage that likely did not have a lot of interaction with others from its species. The remains ...

A long-running argument between archaeologists and geneticists has finally been settled - and the answer could help explain ...

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